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Kindergarten Teachers in a Minority Environment: Interpretations, Behavior and Features Based on the Results of a Survey Conducted in Transylvania

Summary/Abstract: Kindergarten Teachers in a Minority Environment: Interpretations, Behavior and Features Based on the Results of a Survey Conducted in Transylvania Based on the results of a survey carried out by the Hungarian Association of Teachers in Romania, the paper focuses on two topics: (1) understanding the role of kindergarten teachers in relation to other educational levels, and (2) perceptions about the teachers’ professionalism, their social role and the importance of their role by settlement type. The survey was conducted between 2017 and 2018 in the Hungarian teaching community, which includes about 11,000 people in Romania. During the research 6075 teachers answered the questionnaire, of which 1,196 were kindergarten teachers. The aim of the survey was to provide a general picture of the Hungarian pedagogical community in Romania. Our hypothesis was that, due to the minority situation, the educational system and the teachers have a special role, the practical realization of which depends essentially on the interpretation of this role by the teachers. The survey provided an opportunity to explore the attitudes and interpretation of Hungarian kindergarten teachers in Romania on such key topics as career choices, institutional / national and local functions, societal perceptions, education and self-training, barriers to the professional work of teachers, and attitudes towards teacher training.

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